Items Tagged with 'biosecurity'

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sees firsthand how strong biosecurity measures are being implemented to combat outbreaks, support poultry farmers and stabilize record-high egg prices.

APHIS now requires farmers undergo a biosecurity audit before restocking their poultry after an HPAI detection, and before receiving future indemnity payments.

Seminar will address topics in production efficiencies, welfare and biosecurity best practices.

USDA recently held a stakeholder roundtable with poultry industry leaders and state government officials to discuss the current and future HPAI strategy and opportunities for continued collaboration.

Scientific experts discussed the latest spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza and African swine fever globally, as well as ways the feed and poultry industries can plug gaps now in their biosecurity programs.

The three main components of pre-harvest intervention — probiotics and prebiotics in animal feed, pathogen resistance through vaccines or antimicrobials, and biosecurity protocols — all work together to reduce foodborne pathogens in beef, poultry and pork. Each operation, however, has to tinker with the formula to create its ideal solution.

A renewed interest in reviewing how foodborne pathogens proliferate in farms and how they behave in the transition from farm to processing plants is underway.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been the topic of hot news for over the past year in my realm of poultry production.

In the broiler sector, all eyes are on the possible return of avian influenza this fall and winter, as Canadian waterfowl begin to migrate south along the Atlantic flyway, which touches major broiler production areas in Delmarva, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.